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OkxL TIL the US temporarily had universal child care during World War II to support working mothers. In 1971, Congress passed a bill that would have provided it permanently, only to have it vetoed by Richard Nixon at the urging of Pat Buchanan.
yOap TIL that the youngest person to ever become pregnant and give birth was 5 years old.
047N TIL The Ringleader Of A Group That Raped, Tortured, And Mutilated A Young Girl For 44 Days Only Received An 8 Year Sentence For The Crime In Japan.
x6Pv5 TIL the Aghori is a Hindu Shaivite monastic order, who's practices focus on breaking taboos, and rejecting purity. They include living in cemeteries, smearing cremation ashes on their bodies, making items from bones, meditating on corpses, and even having sex in the presence of corpses.
yQPaM TIL the title of Frasier's Theme Song (Tossed Salads and Scrambled Eggs) was because "these were things that were 'mixed up' … like Frasier Crane's patients."